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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (07.04.20): Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)

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Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)

An airport lighting facility providing vertical visual approach slope guidance to aircraft during approach to landing by radiating a directional pattern of high intensity red and white focused light beams which indicate to the pilot that he/she is “on path” if he/she sees red/white, “above path” if white/white, and “below path” if red/red. Some airports serving large aircraft have three-bar VASIs which provide two visual glide paths to the same runway.

FMI: www.faa.gov

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